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Document 62000CJ0057
Judgment of the Court of 30 September 2003. # Freistaat Sachsen (C-57/00 P) and Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH (C-61/00 P) v Commission of the European Communities. # State aid - Compensation for the economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany - Serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State - Regional economic development - Community framework for State aid in the motor vehicle industry. # Joined cases C-57/00 P and C-61/00 P.
Sodba Sodišča z dne 30. septembra 2003.
Freistaat Sachsen (C-57/00 P) in Volkswagen AG in Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH (C-61/00 P) proti Komisiji Evropskih skupnosti.
Državne pomoči.
Združeni zadevi C-57/00 P in C-61/00 P.
Sodba Sodišča z dne 30. septembra 2003.
Freistaat Sachsen (C-57/00 P) in Volkswagen AG in Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH (C-61/00 P) proti Komisiji Evropskih skupnosti.
Državne pomoči.
Združeni zadevi C-57/00 P in C-61/00 P.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:510
«(State aid – Compensation for the economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany – Serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State – Regional economic development – Community framework for State aid in the motor vehicle industry)»
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(Art. 92(1) and (2)(c) of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Art. 87(1) and (2)(c) EC)
(Art. 190 of the EC Treaty (now Art. 253 EC))
(Rules of Procedure of the Court, Arts. 42(2) and 118)
(Art. 92(3)(a)(b) and (c) of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Art. 87(3)(a), (b) and (c) EC))
(Statute of the Court, Art. 51, second para.)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
30 September 2003 (1)
((State aid – Compensation for the economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany – Serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State – Regional economic development – Community framework for State aid in the motor vehicle industry))
In Joined Cases C-57/00 P and C-61/00 P, Freistaat Sachsen, represented by J. Sedemund, Rechtsanwalt, with an address for service in Luxembourg (C-57/00 P),Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH, represented by M. Schütte, Rechtsanwalt, with an address for service in Luxembourg (C-61/00 P),appellants,
APPEALS against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) of 15 December 1999 in Joined Cases T-132/96 and T-143/96 Freistaat Sachsen and Others v Commission [1999] ECR II-3663, seeking to have that judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings being: Commission of the European Communities, represented by K.-D. Borchardt, acting as Agent, and M. Núñez-Müller, Rechtsanwalt, with an address for service in Luxembourg,defendant at first instance, Federal Republic of Germany, represented by T. Oppermann, acting as Agent,andUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,interveners at first instance,
THE COURT,,
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing oral argument from the parties at the hearing on 26 February 2002, at which the Freistaat Sachsen was represented by T. Lübbig, Rechtsanwalt, Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH by M. Schütte, the Commission by K.-D. Borchardt and M. Núñez-Müller, and the Federal Republic of Germany by T. Oppermann and W.-D. Plessing, acting as Agent,after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 28 May 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT
hereby:
Rodríguez Iglesias |
Puissochet |
Wathelet |
Schintgen |
Timmermans |
Edward |
Jann |
Skouris |
Macken |
von Bahr |
Cunha Rodrigues |
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R. Grass |
G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias |
Registrar |
President |